Twelve years ago today
The Blue Jays trade Brandon League and Johermyn Chavez to the Mariners for Brandon Morrow. Hugo posted this:
Ken Rosenthal reported last night that the Jays traded.
We are at the playoff time low ebb for Blue Jays news. I understand that baseball doesn’t like teams to make news during the playoffs, but it makes life hard for us that write about baseball.
W.
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The 2021 MLB Draft is on the horizon, slated for July 11-13 in Denver in conjunction with this year’s All-Star Game. The Mariners have the No. 12 overall pick.
But before looking ahead to this year’s event, MLB.com took a look back at Seattle’s previous top picks from each Draft since the club’s inception in 1977:
2020: Emerson Hancock, RHP, University of Georgia (No. 6)
Hancock finished his Georgia career with a 16-7 record and 3.47 ERA in 33 starts, striking out 206 with 55 walks in 192 innings. He was also named the 2020 Vince Dooley Athlete of the Year as the school’s top male student-athlete. He profiles as a top-of-the-rotation-type starter that will be a huge staple of the Mariners’ long-term core.